Melissa Wilhoite was sentenced by the U.S. Department of Justice after she smuggled fentanyl into the Woodford County ...

A Houston County jail employee has been arrested on Wednesday following allegations of sexual misconduct involving an inmate.

For the second time in less than a week, an Augusta-area jail inmate has been found dead in his cell. Dustin Michael Newton, 33, of Martinez, could not be revived after he was found during a routine ...

A man is facing a felony charge after authorities say he kicked another inmate twice in the head at the McLennan County Jail, ...

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail ...

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is facing a federal lawsuit filed by a jail inmate who claims unsafe conditions inside the ...

James Johnson, a correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, first abused a male inmate inside a chaplain’s office, prosecutors said.

U.S. District Judge Brian Lea is now presiding over the case regarding the death of an inmate who died after an altercation ...

MILPITAS — A 19-year-old male inmate died after suffering a medical emergency over the weekend at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, according to authorities. The man was found unconscious ...

Johnson left the jail at 7:04 a.m. for work and went to his job at W7573 River Road in Oakfield. Investigators said he later left in the afternoon, triggered a Flock camera hit in Fond du Lac at 3:55 ...

A guard at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center jail was charged Wednesday with abusing his authority by sexually abusing a detainee — after the feds recovered his DNA on the inmate’s jumpsuit.

A 31-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting two girls in Anaheim has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the jail classification system leaves him open to beatings by fellow inmates. Daniel ...